Bottle-seal.



m. 685,226. f Patented oet.22, 190|.

E. D. SCHMITT. I

BOTTLE SEAL.

Application 2i lcd' Apr,

l Wim QOL vEDVS/'ARD 13:5 SCHMITT. l0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; SSIGLNQR; visjgN'u "QASSIGNMENTS, TO THE -NIVERSAL SEALY-ANDaSTOPPER COlWjANY l y srnclrrxcarxcu, formingprt efrtters Patent Ne.1 esa'seqdatea october 22,1;91'01.l ,y Y lAppumnmlumulpru18.11901. sermumaaer. mamar-.m 'Y

r To wzl who'gm, if may concer-m Be it known th'at I, EDWARD D. SCHMITT, a citizen of, the United;v States, residing 'atthe city 'of Baltimore,` in -the State of- Maryland, have-'inventedl certain new and useful'Improvements in Bottle-Seals; fand I-do declare the lfollowing to be afull, clear, land exact description ofthelinvention, such a`swill enable othersV skilled in the art/to which itappertains`tomake and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,

'l and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form `a part of this specification; This invention relates to new and useful im- -provements in bottle sealing devices espe- -ciallyiadapted for' sealing beverages underV '-pressure. 'Y

; One of the principal objects of this invention is 15o-overcome the objections to seals of thefcap type in which the seal is 'effectedy between th'evsealing-di'sk and the upper edge of the bottle-neck, these objections being principally th'at the bottle inhandling becomes chipped, and thus renders it impossible i ject byeffecting the seal in the neck of thev to m'ake-apertect seal. -I accomplish this obbottle, a-place that `is protected and impos- *A further 'object is expensive seal tha-t will not require a special v'sible to be affected by use `in any way to pre- `vent an absolut-ely perfect seal ,as long-as the bottle lasts.

to provide a simple yintool to remove it, but which can be readilyre- .moved by hand; and a still further object is to provide a ,seal which ma -befrensed as many times -as desired and` hicb. when 're-w applied will Abe as Vperfect a seal asthe rst. Other objects vand advantages resulting vfrom the herein-described combination' of partsfwill become apparent in the course of the 'following description, andthe novel fea- -tures `will `be' set forth in the claims.

Y In ythe drawings illustrating my invention, Figure l is a sectional View of a bottle cham- Vberedin accordance with my invention,show `ing vthe-securing member in the position itl assumes just before the seal yis effected.v Fig;

`2 is a 'si `in place'in the bottle-neck, but lnot'lockved therein. Fig'. 3-is the same as Fig. 2, with the securing member in place in the bottle-neck and' locked. iFig. t is an enlarged perspective fview of theI securing member. Fig. 'shows the formation of the bottle neck slightly modified. i l

` Referring to the drawings, the numeral l indicates thebottle-n'eck, having avcha'mber 2 formed therein, fwitli perfectly inclined shoulders 3, side walls 4, and a shoulder or seat 5 below the first-mentioned shoulder.

The "numeral designates the securing member, formed of astrip of spring metal= stamped or otherwise shaped to form oppositely-di'sposed 'spring-arms 7, a horizontal cross-piecel 8, and inclined shoulders 9 near its terminals, which terminals are extended a suitable distance above the mouthof the'bot tle, forming curved arms 10 and 11, by the aid each other when it is desired to unseal the bottle.y Secured in any' suitablemanner to diskv 12, which may be of cork, suitably-faced tin, wood,or the' like, and which is adapted to make scaling contact with the seat or shoulder 5,l

In making the securing `member l provide a narrow rectangular opening 13 forthe reception of the narrowed portion 1491:' a tongue 15,which narrowed portion is bent upon itself to form an 4eye 16, which preventsits withdrawal from the opening 13, and thus the its free en-dadapted to enter a depression 17 made inthe opposite arm 11.

In the sealing operation the securing member and the sealing member carried thereby are placed in the neck of the bottle-and forced down untily the sealing 'member makes seal- .ing contact with the shoulder 5l The securing member in entering the mouth of the bot- -tle will have its arms pressed together until said member has passed far enough to permit its arms to expand into the chamber 4, thus the cross-piece 8 is the sealing memberfof` -il'ar viewlwith the securing member of Whichthevspring-arms are pressed toward -tongueis hinged`to the curved arm 10 with bringing the shoulders 9 into engagement'.

with the inclined shoulder 3 in the bottleneck.4 A seal is new effected, and to prevent the arms and 11 from being accidentally forced toward 4each -otherthe ton-gue 1,6 is forcedwi th considerable force downward un'- til the said varms l0 and 11 are separated sufficiently to permit the end of saidV ton fue to enter the depression 17,' when obvious y the said arms will be ward each other. v

To remove the seal, the operation is simple, it only being necessary to pry the tongue out ot' the.deprcssion 17 with the finger, thus permitting the arms to be sprung toward each Vother for a sniieient distanee`to disengage the shoulders 9 from the shoulder 3 in the ,bottle-neck, when the securing and sealing member will be readily removable.

It will be noted that while the inherent resilience of the securing member will bring the shoulders J into 'engagement with the inclined shoulder in the bottle-neck with suflicient force and with a constant tendency to seat the sea-ling member upon the shoulder and etfect a perfect sea-lthe tongue 16, being brought into its final position with a positive pressure,-wil1-cause the arms 7 to further separate, and in so doing will, by reason of the 4inclined shoulders on the arms, exert a Vfurther downward pressure.

Itishighly desirable that the utility of a seal of this characterbe not destroyed upon the unsealing of the bottle for the first time, and it is obvious that the seal herein described may be reused as many times as desired, thus, for instance, enabling the portion of the beverage not desired for immediate use to be' kept perfectly freshl and its gases re-Y tained.

In the modification, Fig 5, the shoulder is not inclined, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, but straight, as indicated by the numeral 3', which when engaged-by the shoulders on the spring` arms will produce the same effect upon the securing member, due in this instance to the inclination'of said shoulders.

; Having `described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle formed with a shoulder in its neck and near the mouth thereof and a shoulder below the rst mentioned shoulder, of a sealing member adapted to make contact with the lower shoulder, a spring-metal securing member formed with inclined shoulders thereon to engage the upper shoulder in the bottleneck and a portion adapted to bear upon the scaling member, and means for locking the shoulders of the securing melnber in contact with the shoulder of the bottle-neck, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle formed with ashoulder in its neck near the mouth thereof-and ashoulder below the prevented from moving to.

.first-mentioned shoulder, of a sealing member 'shou lo .lof asealing mem be r adapted to make sealing contact with the lowershouldcr, a spring-metal securing member formed with inclined shoulders thereon to engage the in clined shoulder in the bottle-neck and a por. tion adapted to hear upon the sealing moin-5 ber and also having arms extending above the bottle-mouth for the purpose set forth, and

means 'foil locking said arms apart, substantially as describe Y at. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle formed with an inclined shoulder in the neck thereof and a' shoulder below said in clined shoulder, of a sealing member adapted to make sealing contact with the lower shoul der, a spring-metal securing member `formed with inclined shoulders thereon to engage t-he .inclined shoulder in the'bottle-neck and a portion adapted to bear upon the scaling member and also having,r arms extending above the bottle-xnou th, a tongue hinged or other isc secured to one of said arms and adapted to en gage the oppositearm to lock said arms apart, substantially as described.

V5. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle formed with an inclined shoulder in th..- neck thereof and a shoulder below said firstmcntioned shoulder, of a scaling member adapted. to make sealing vcontact with the lower shoulder, a spring-metal securing member formed with shoulders thereon to engage the upper inclined shoulder in the bottleneck and a portion adaptedtobear upon the-sealing member `and also having arms extending above the bottle-mouth, and means for locking the shoulders of the securing member in contact with the upper shoulder of the bott-leneck, substantially as described.

G. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle having the inner wall of its` neck formed with a sealing-seat and with a vshoulder above the sealing-seat, of a sealing member, a securing member adapted Vto bear upon thesealing member and to `engage the shoulder, and` means whereby the securing mem-ber is locked Vin engagement with said shoulder and against accidental disengagement, substantiallyas- Set forth. v

7. In a bottle-seal, the combination with a bottle having the inner wall `ot' its neck formed. with a sealing-seat and with a sheuldcrahpve .the sealing-seat, ota. sealing member, a. securing member adapted to beariupon the sealingmembernd 'to engagethe shoulder, said securing member-being provided with, arms 5 extending outside the bottle-mouth; and a.y ton'gu'e loosely attached to one-ot' said arms and adapted to engage the oppositefm'ml 'whereby the securing member isloeked ineniCQrrction in Letters PatentA Nuo. 5 85,2?6.4

- ez'ge gag'ement with. said shoulder` against;'acei` l dental` disengagement.

in presenceI of 'two witnesses.

EDWARD D. SCHMITT.

Witnesses:

' EN. F.` BURKE,

CAMPBELL CARRINGTON.

e 11i is hereby eered Athan in Letbefratent Np.' 635,226-, grant-.ed october 2 2, 1901, ilfbon the 'of D. I. Baltimore,' Maryland, for an impl-Oire- `meni1n "Bott1e-Se1s`, an error'aopears inliahe soeeicaion correciion,l as follows: `1x1 linen-58, 1,.- the word perfectly "ehonldv read preferably and 4 iai-'en P-l-tent should he read .vyvith this correction therein that the same'myoon rm to reeordof the case in the Pafent Oi'ce.

Signed, oountersigned, andfsealed'this 4261111 day-of November, D.; 1901-.

[SEAL] A F. L. CAMPBELL, -Asstant Secretary of .the Interior. Y ji'G ountersigned:v v

" F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Peten-ts.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature Itis hereby certied that in Lettere Patent No.685,226`, grented October 22, 1901.

Vjupon the application of Edward D. Schmitt, of Baltimore, Maryland, for an improve 4mentjrl Bott1e-Sea,1s, a error :i1-)pears n the 'printed specication requiring correotion, as follows: In linel, page 1, the word V perfectly should `read preferably; and that the Patent should be read with this correction therein that Vthe same mayconhorm to the record ofthe oase in the-Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and'sealed this 26th day of November, D.; 1901.

[emu] V F. L. CAMPBELL, v Assstant Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned:

` F. I. ALLEN,

Ommiss'ioner of Patents. 

